The chemical sector, which employs some 560 000 people, has inaugurated a round of important tariff negotiations, which will take place this year in Germany (see story nº 70002). The first negotiations started on January 15th at the regional level in North Rhineland. As expected, they did not lead to any improvement. (Ref. 070036)
Without quantifying its claims, the trade union for chemistry (IG BCE) had asked, before the beginning of negotiations, for important wage rises for the 100 000 employees of the sector in North Rhineland. “It is clear that we want an agreement better than the previous one”, insisted Peter Haussmann, chief negotiator for the trade union IG BCE in North Rhineland. In 2005, the trade union had obtained a salary increase of 2.7% together with a single bonus. Containing a clause of exception (Eröffn
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